[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 844

[Garry Krischock]

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1. 1603: Former <>  Rotary Scholar to lead Pres Obama's new economic team
From: Sunil K Zachariah 

2. 1604: ShelterBox issues <>  emergency appeal for funds From: Sunil K
Zachariah 

  

Messages 

1.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1522;_ylc=X3oDMTJxMGRma
2JpBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1M
jIEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNzg2MTA0Mw--> 1603: Former Rotary
Scholar to lead Pres Obama's new economic team 

 

Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:16 am (PST) 

U.S. President-elect Obama appoints former Rotary Scholar to lead new
economic team

Former Rotary Scholar Paul Volcker, who served as Federal Reserve chair
from 1979 to 1987 will lead a new White House economic advisory
committee for U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

The President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board will provide Obama with
advice and analysis on reviving the economy and stabilizing the
financial markets. The panel is comprised of officials from a variety of
business sectors.

Volcker, who was sponsored by RI District 7490 (New Jersey, USA),
studied at the London School of Economics in 1951-52. Read an article
about Volcker's appointment
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_economy>

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

 2.
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1523;_ylc=X3oDMTJxMWE5b
jMxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1M
jMEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIyNzg2MTA0Mw--> 1604: ShelterBox issues
emergency appeal for funds 

 Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:19 am (PST) 

ShelterBox issues emergency appeal for funds By Ryan Hyland
[http://www.rotary.org/SiteCollectionImages/News/appealpakistan.JPG]
An estimated 15,000 displaced earthquake victims are trying to withstand
a frigid upcoming winter in southwest Pakistan. Photo by Mark
Pearson/ShelterBox
ShelterBox has issued an urgent appeal for funds to help provide aid to
tens of thousands of displaced people in four countries following a
succession of humanitarian crises.

Response teams from ShelterBox <http://www.shelterbox.org/home.htm> 
reacted quickly to distribute emergency aid to victims of the 29 October
earthquake in Pakistan. And worsening humanitarian situations in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Honduras, and Swaziland have stretched
operations to the limit, ShelterBox representatives say.

"This is a life-or-death situation. Families who have lost their homes
are in desperate need of shelter and warmth," says Sally Grint,
ShelterBox communications and fundraising manager. "Donations
<http://www.shelterbox.org/donate.htm> are urgently needed to fund
further deliveries of aid."

In southwestern Pakistan, a ShelterBox response team provided 1,000
containers to families left homeless after a powerful earthquake rocked
impoverished regions there, killing at least 215 people and causing
widespread destruction.

Each container provides a tent, a stove, a water purification kit,
blankets, tools, and other necessities to help a family of 10 survive
for six months.

Mark Pearson, response team leader on the ground in Pakistan, says
winterized tents are desperately needed to shelter an estimated 15,000
displaced villagers trying to withstand frigid nighttime temperatures.

"We assessed the scattered villages around Ziarat District, and almost
all the mud-brick houses were destroyed," Pearson says on the ShelterBox
Web site.

Pearson praises the logistical support provided by local Rotary clubs.
"The clubs in Quetta and Karachi are invaluable in the operations here,
providing flights, security, accommodations, interpreters, and local
knowledge," he says.

In Congo, an estimated quarter-million people are seeking refuge from
fierce fighting between rebels and government forces. ShelterBox has
provided 200 containers and has committed to deliver 200 more.

A response team also distributed 200 containers to residents of San
Pedro Sula, Honduras, after heavy rains and flooding forced 22,000
people from their homes on 22 October.

And a ShelterBox team in Swaziland is distributing aid to children
orphaned by AIDS in an ongoing program with the National Emergency
Response Council on HIV/AIDS.

The ShelterBox program was launched in 2000 by Tom Henderson, a British
Rotarian and former Royal Navy search-and-rescue diver, who is the
charity's CEO.

To make a donation, visit ShelterBox online. 
<http://www.shelterbox.org/donate.htm> Click here for donations in the
United State
<https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/ShelterBoxUSAInc/OnlineGiving.html>

Source: Rotary International News / Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary

 

 

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